Trade lanes

How long each lane takes, which way the ships go, when it peaks, and what goes wrong on it. Transit figures are ranges across services rather than a schedule, and each page says when it was last reviewed.

• Australia → Hong Kong 11–18 days How long Melbourne, Sydney and Fremantle to Hong Kong takes, why the market is usually somewhere else, and what goes wrong on the lane.
• Australia → United States 18–26 days How long Melbourne and Sydney to the US West Coast takes, why the reefer is running a treatment on the way, and what goes wrong on the lane.
• Chile → Rotterdam 24–32 days How long Valparaíso and San Antonio to Rotterdam takes, which of the two routings your booking uses, when the lane peaks, and what goes wrong on it.
• Chile → United Kingdom 25–33 days How long Valparaíso and San Antonio to the UK takes, which ports handle the fruit, and the border step that makes this lane different from Rotterdam.
• Chile → Philadelphia 14–21 days How long Valparaíso and San Antonio to Philadelphia takes, why the whole port runs on this one season, and what goes wrong on the lane.
• Ecuador → Rotterdam 18–24 days A year-round programme lane rather than a seasonal one. How long Guayaquil to Rotterdam takes, and why a slipped week lands fruit at the wrong ripeness.
• Ecuador → United States 6–12 days The shortest produce lane we publish. How long Guayaquil to the US East Coast takes, and why the risk sits after the ship rather than on it.
• New Zealand → Rotterdam 32–42 days The longest reefer lane we publish. How long Tauranga to Rotterdam takes, which way round the world it goes, and why only two crops can do it.
• New Zealand → Philadelphia 26–35 days How long Tauranga and Napier to Philadelphia takes, why the East Coast costs a week over the West, and what the counter-season fruit is really competing with.
• Peru → Rotterdam 22–28 days How long Callao and Paita to Rotterdam takes, which way the ships go, when the lane peaks, and what goes wrong on it.
• Peru → Philadelphia 12–18 days How long Callao and Paita to Philadelphia takes, why the reefer is running a regulatory treatment on the way, and what goes wrong on the lane.
• South Africa → Rotterdam 16–22 days A direct Atlantic run with no canal, into the port that redistributes South African citrus across the continent. How long it takes and what goes wrong.
• South Africa → United Kingdom 16–22 days The shortest long-haul produce lane into the UK — no canal, no transshipment on direct services, and a citrus season that fills it every winter.
• Thailand → Hong Kong 4–8 days A short lane where the risk sits at the ports rather than at sea, and where two days is a third of the voyage. Transit, durian season, and what goes wrong.
• Vietnam → Hong Kong 3–7 days The shortest lane we cover — a few days at sea, where paperwork and terminal dwell decide the outcome rather than the voyage itself.